Workers of the world, unite! Um... I mean, to arms! Literally. Help us keep our Classifieds!
Sometime last month, some hoplophobes whined to KSL.com saying, "hey, maybe, it's possible that some people could kind of use the firearms section of your classifieds site to illegally obtain firearms. So, why don't you ruin it for everyone by thinking about removing the firearms section altogether?"
Well, let's lay down some facts. Person to person transactions of firearms in the state of Utah is legal, and requires no background check whatsoever. KSL is NOT liable for enabling people to make perfectly legal transactions. Despite these facts, people selling on ksl.com will often run their own background checks and/or ensure the buyer has a concealed weapons permit. Sometimes a seller will refuse to even sell to a legal buyer, just because they don't have a CWP (see a previous post about it). Also, gun shops advertising on KSL still adhere to standard laws regarding dealer to person transactions (ie. background checks and forms, etc.).
Criminals will always have illegal ways of obtaining guns, but honest citizens with firearms have few means of networking like this. Thousands of people sell firearms on ksl.com all the time. It's the single largest independent resource for people selling a firearm in the tri-state area. Give a little help to the legal gun owning community and show your support for this resource by taking the survey posted by KSL on weather or not to even keep the firearms section.
Besides, if KSL goes the way of the fear-mongers, you won't find awesome classified ads like this:
This ad only has 30 days left, so act quickly!
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=218&ad=14982914&cat=185&lpid=&search=
Sometime last month, some hoplophobes whined to KSL.com saying, "hey, maybe, it's possible that some people could kind of use the firearms section of your classifieds site to illegally obtain firearms. So, why don't you ruin it for everyone by thinking about removing the firearms section altogether?"
Criminals will always have illegal ways of obtaining guns, but honest citizens with firearms have few means of networking like this. Thousands of people sell firearms on ksl.com all the time. It's the single largest independent resource for people selling a firearm in the tri-state area. Give a little help to the legal gun owning community and show your support for this resource by taking the survey posted by KSL on weather or not to even keep the firearms section.
Besides, if KSL goes the way of the fear-mongers, you won't find awesome classified ads like this:
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=218&ad=14982914&cat=185&lpid=&search=
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